Historical Events For July - 23

1959  VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR on July - 23.  

1960  On July - 23 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls  

1961  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open on July - 23.  

1961  Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage  

1964  Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history beatles "Help" is released in the UK  

1966  Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens on July - 23.  

1966  Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" on this day in history.  

1966  Donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60 on July - 23.  

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1967  43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) on this day in history.  

1967  On July - 23 pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons  

1967  Race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit on July - 23.  

1968  On this day in history fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt  

1968  PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane on this day in history.  

1968  On July - 23 race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed  

1968  On July - 23 don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets)  

1969  Deli Floyd, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1971  Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 on July - 23.  

1972  Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France on July - 23.  

1972  The first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched on this day in history.  

1973  On July - 23 ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die  

1973  On July - 23 eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82  

1974  On this day in history greek military dictatorship collapses  

1974  Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1976  Wings release "Let 'em In" on this day in history.  

1976  Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64 on July - 23.  

1977  Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges on July - 23.  

1977  René de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79 on July - 23.  

1978  On this day in history israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas  

1979  On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops  

1979  Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 on July - 23.  

1980  Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya on July - 23.  

1980  On this day in history river of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter  

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0645  Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683) was born on July - 23.  

1301  Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339) was born on July - 23.  

1339  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers)  

1401  On this day in history birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier  

1503  On July - 23 birth of anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)  

1659  On July - 23 birth of antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer  

1705  Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752) was born on this day in history.  

1734  Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] was born on this day in history.  

0945  On this day in history richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies  

1227  Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) on this day in history.  

1373  On July - 23 birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies  

1403  Death of Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39 on July - 23.  

1531  On July - 23 death of louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers  

1568  Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 on this day in history.  

1581  Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history death of john Day, English printer (b. 1522)